Security Systems
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“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him.” (Psalm 28:7)
After a robbery my mother had a security system installed. I live far away and thought this was an excellent idea, providing both physical safety and emotional confidence. The company expert explained the system in great detail and left material describing its functions and operation on the table.
Just prior to exiting the house, a series of digits needs to be keyed in to a small panel to enable the system. Anyone who tried to enter illegally would immediately have their eardrums bombarded with a piercing sound that would deter the wrongdoer and also alert neighbors and passersby. The expert had also emphasized how important it was to follow the procedure for re-entering the house. My Mom needed to unlock the door and quickly—very quickly—key in the “disarm” button so the alarm would be deactivated.
What was intended to be something that eased my mother’s mind very quickly became a major irritant. While she remembered the exit strategy, entering was often more complicated. With arms full of groceries, mother would unlock the door and rush to answer the ringing phone. Within seconds the screaming blare of the system would shock not only the neighbors but send my panicked mother to the numbered panel where she promptly forgot which button to push.
We who are Christ-followers have a foolproof security system: God Himself. He promises to never leave or forsake us, to be with us wherever we go, to light the path ahead of us and surround us with His love. We experience that security not by pushing buttons but, says King David, by trusting in Him.
In quoting “the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel,” the prophet Isaiah records a phenomenal security promise: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.” But then four crucial and sobering words are added: “But you were unwilling.”
We will not experience the fullness of God’s security system unless we are willing to return and rest.
Question: How are you doing with resting in God’s plan for your life? How can you place more trust in Him today?
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Lord Jesus, I thank You for Kathleen and for her trust in You. I ask that You lay Your healing hands on her and grant that her mammogram results be completely normal to the glory of Your name, and I stand with Kathleen in seeking Your healing in her entire body and declaring it to be so. Amen.
O Lord, I thank You for the healing You are performing in Rosanne, and I ask that You continue to work in her life. According to Your perfect will and timing, O God, I ask that You would provide Rosanne with the blessing of children in her life. Thank You that Rosanne is trusting in You and standing on Your Word, and in faith, I stand in prayer with her, Lord Jesus. It is in Your holy name that I pray these things. Amen.
May God richly bless both of you, Kathleen and Rosanne; I would love it if you would post back with updates of how you are doing!
I am going through this process once again. I had PID and I don’t have any children and I am in the process of healing. I hope to have children soon. I can only hope and pray that the Lord blesses me with children.
God is so amazing. I am currently going through a very scary time in my life. I am 34 years old and have found a lump in my right breast. Tomorrow I have am scheduled to have a mammogram and ultra sound. As glad as I am to have these, I am also scared. Relying on God has come slowly to me, but I also realize the only way I can come through this is with God. This devotional has proven that to me.
Marilyn, I absolutely love this devotional! It is a great reminder to me of my need to give my all to Christ, to make Him both Saviour and Lord of my life so that He is on the throne and I am not! Only in turning to Him on a regular basis in prayer and Scripture study, as well as maintaining a conscious awareness of His voice in my daily walk, can I be continually in touch with Jesus, and therefore reminded of just how much I am loved, cherished, and sheltered beneath His loving wings. Then I can soar with Him in the Secret Place of the Most High as I seek him with boldness and confidence, knowing that He will truly never leave me nor forsake me. There really is no greater Place of Safety than in the Presence of God.